I Am Running for President in Turkey. From My Prison CellWednesday, 20 June, 2018 , 18:32

Nytimes.com | By Selahattin Demirtas

EDIRNE, Turkey — Turkey will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24. I am one of six candidates running for president. I am running from my prison cell.


  

Erdogan’s Plan to Raise a ‘Pious Generation’ Divides Parents in TurkeyMonday, 18 June, 2018 , 18:47

Nytimes.com | By Carlotta Gall

ISTANBUL — Public schools are closing, on little or no notice, and being replaced by religious schools. Exams are scrapped by presidential whim. Tens of thousands of public teachers have been fired. Outside religious groups are teaching in schools, without parental consent.


  

Demirtas' TV speech from prisonMonday, 18 June, 2018 , 16:19

Hdp.org.tr

The election speech of our Presidential candidate Mr. Selahattin Demirtaş was aired on the TRT News channel. The English translation of the speech as follows:


  

A jailed Kurdish leader could sway Turkey's electionsTuesday, 12 June, 2018 , 15:29

Economist.com

Selahattin Demirtas says the election is between "democracy and a dictatorship”


  

Exile Voices exhibitionWednesday, 30 May, 2018 , 17:54

Dear friends, "Exile Voices" photographs by Syrian and Yazidi children from two camps in Iraqi Kurdistan will be exhibited in the Malta Arts Festival, along with photographs of Reza and Maltese photographers Charles Mifsud and Darrin Zammit Lupi.

We will hope to see many of you there in support of our students and the activities of Reza Visual Academy.


  

Turkey bans nine books on Kurds, ranging from genocide, Barzani, and Mahabad to Ezidi faithWednesday, 30 May, 2018 , 17:39

Kurdistan24.net

ERBIL – Turkish authorities recently banned nine translated books of various scholarly subjects about the Kurds, the owner of an Istanbul-based publishing house that released them told Kurdistan 24 on Sunday.


  

Rosneft boosts clout in Iraqi Kurdistan with gas pipeline dealMonday, 28 May, 2018 , 17:57

REUTERS | By Dmitry Zhdannikov | MAY 25, 2018

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Russian state oil major Rosneft signed a deal to help Kurdistan develop its gas reserves and build a gas pipeline, expanding the company’s dominance in the energy sector of Iraq’s semi-autonomous region. 


  

Irqaı parliamentary election : Kurdistan resultsFriday, 25 May, 2018 , 18:37

  

European Commission: Turkey 2018 ReportWednesday, 25 April, 2018 , 15:24

  

How Erdogan WinsThursday, 19 April, 2018 , 17:16

Nytimes.com | By Soner CAGAPTAY

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has called for snap elections on June 24, almost a year and a half before the scheduled date in November 2019. He is expected to win because he has, once again, managed to stack the odds — militant nationalism, strong economic growth, a post-coup state of emergency that allows him to deploy security forces to crush his opposition and almost complete control of the Turkish media — in his favor.